<rss><channel><item><title>Emergencies Min says 85 houses in Nevelsk beyond repair</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/tass-en/070808/tass-en-e90e8266f1e5651242fab415e88d47d3.html</link><description>8/8 Tass 64     

 YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, August 8 (Itar-Tass) - The number of houses scheduled for demolition in the town of Nevelsk on Russia's Sakhalin Island that was hit by a powerful earthquake has increased from 79 to 85. A special commission has once more examined the town's housing stock and....</description><pubDate>2007-08-08T08:39+0200</pubDate><source>tass-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>tass-en-e90e8266f1e5651242fab415e88d47d3</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>Sky News Broadcast:Sky News Today - Aug 7 2007 8:03AM</title><link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1051521639&amp;z=900238539</link><description>hundred feet underground so far searchers have been able to contact ... its core the tunnel collapsed ... trapping the Giro ... moment of birth was so violent that first report say it was an earthquake ... Russia is denying reports that stopped a bomb on Georgia ...</description><pubDate>2007-08-07T13:25+0200</pubDate><source>EC_bcast</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>EC_bcast-146b93ddb06fc4ccafb6fb6dbd8cea13</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdAnimal</category></item><item><title>Nevelsk dwellers to get 2,000 flats in seismic resistant houses</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/tass-en/070807/tass-en-ff6619d6da95d7ef9b87f45ee7f614dc.html</link><description>7/8 Tass 40     

 KHABAROVSK, August 7 (Itar-Tass) - It has been decided to build in the earthquake-stricken town of Nevelsk in the Sakhalin region of Russia 64,000 square metres of housing - 2,000 flats - in highly seismically resistant buildings before the end of December this year. All the quake victims will be resettled there.</description><pubDate>2007-08-07T08:09+0200</pubDate><source>tass-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>tass-en-ff6619d6da95d7ef9b87f45ee7f614dc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>Europe - Thousands homeless after East Russian quake</title><link>http://emm.jrc.it/NewsBrief/pressreviewav/all/2_20070805.html#pressreview-616985</link><description>An earthquake at Sakhalin in Eastern Russia has left 2,000 people homeless. At least 11 blocks of flats containing more than 400 homes were completely destroyed, and around 700 apartments were left too dangerous to live in without major repairs. A series of three tremors killed two people and injured 10 more on the island.</description><pubDate>2007-08-05T20:12+0200</pubDate><source>pressreview-Italy-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>pressreview-Italy-en-261815b285e58f153f4e04d5ab7498ab</guid><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Moderate quake rocks Baikal, nobody injured</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/tass-en/070805/tass-en-1904dd76e96295e4642fba0c9eb32ef4.html</link><description>5/8 Tass 27     

 IRKUTSK, August 5 (Itar-Tass) - An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale rocked Russia's Baikal region at 3 am, Moscow time on Sunday (22:00 local time on Saturday), sources from the regional department of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations told Tass referring to the Baikal seismic station.</description><pubDate>2007-08-05T08:20+0200</pubDate><source>tass-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>tass-en-1904dd76e96295e4642fba0c9eb32ef4</guid></item><item><title>Thousands homeless after East Russian quake</title><link>http://www.euronews.net/index.php?article=436419&amp;lng=1&amp;option=1</link><description>An earthquake at Sakhalin in Eastern Russia has left 2,000 people homeless. At least 11 blocks of flats containing more than 400 homes were completely destroyed, and around 700 apartments were left too dangerous to live in without major repairs. A series of three tremors killed two people and injured 10 more on the island.</description><pubDate>2007-08-03T20:52+0200</pubDate><source>euronews-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>euronews-en-ff708fe4699ac884b53e6c01b80221b5</guid><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Russian quake leaves 2,000 homeless in Far East</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03242187.htm</link><description>MOSCOW, Aug 3 (Reuters) - More than 2,000 people have been left homeless following an earthquake on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, the local governor told Russian media on Friday. The series of three tremors on Thursday afternoon left two dead and at least eight people injured. One of the quakes registered a magnitude of 6.</description><pubDate>2007-08-03T12:39+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-5c074d92567251d730af677852a0b6d9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Russian quake leaves 2,000 homeless in Far East</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/3/worldupdates/2007-08-03T151111Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-288010-2&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 2,000 people have been left homeless following an earthquake on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, the local governor told Russian media on Friday.</description><pubDate>2007-08-03T12:05+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-114e2f7b989db318bfe91be6108c4fae</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Russia quake leaves 2,000 homeless</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/140250347/index.html</link><description>MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- More than 2,000 people have been left homeless following an earthquake on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, the local governor told Russian media on Friday. The series of three tremors on Thursday afternoon left two dead and at least eight people injured. One of the quakes registered a magnitude of 6.</description><pubDate>2007-08-03T12:00+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-07e2114543991e67feed2672cb3212f0</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Quake-stricken Nevelsk population not panicking-ministry</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/tass-en/070803/tass-en-b4c75ed5188c4459e62656391676a808.html</link><description>3/8 Tass 39     

 YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - The population of the Nevelsk town on Russia's Sakhalin Island that has been hit by a strong earthquake is not panicking, rescuers of the Far Eastern regional centre of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry stated.</description><pubDate>2007-08-03T10:58+0200</pubDate><source>tass-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>tass-en-b4c75ed5188c4459e62656391676a808</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>PoliticalUnrest</category></item><item><title>Russian quake leaves 2,000 homeless in Far East</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/reuters-en/070803/reuters-en-b0e6c4385547092c733ee130f18719a7.html</link><description>MOSCOW, Aug 3 (Reuters) - More than 2,000 people have been left homeless following an earthquake on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, the local governor told Russian media on Friday.   

 The series of three tremors on Thursday afternoon left two dead and at least eight people injured. One of the quakes registered a magnitude of 6.</description><pubDate>2007-08-03T10:12+0200</pubDate><source>reuters-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-en-b0e6c4385547092c733ee130f18719a7</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>17,000 Nevelsk residents on Sakhalin spend night outdoors-official</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/tass-en/070803/tass-en-cce0e4f99d9d42924aa88620d4d493c2.html</link><description>3/8 Tass 32     

 KHABAROVSK, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - As many as 17,000 residents of the town of Nevelsk on Russia's Sakhalin Island that has been stricken by a powerful earthquake have spent the night in tents and in cars. Some residents went to their relatives in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and other populated localities.</description><pubDate>2007-08-03T07:58+0200</pubDate><source>tass-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>tass-en-cce0e4f99d9d42924aa88620d4d493c2</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category><category>PoliticalUnrest</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category></item><item><title>Sakhalin oil project unaffected by earthquake - executive</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/interfax-en/070802/interfax-en-59a6e7b369209d0cb9b5033d9f4559dc.html</link><description>MOSCOW.  Aug  2  (Interfax)  -  Thursday's  powerful  earthquake on Russia's Sakhalin island had no effect on the operations of the Sakhalin II oil project, a company executive said.   

  "No damage has been recorded by now either to any of the facilities or to the  personnel,"  Galina  Dubina  of....</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T18:46+0200</pubDate><source>interfax-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>interfax-en-59a6e7b369209d0cb9b5033d9f4559dc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Sakhalin quake leaves 600 families homeless - ministry (Part 2)</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/interfax-en/070802/interfax-en-84f641a671607066c113f96d78671cb7.html</link><description>MOSCOW.  Aug  2  (Interfax)  -  The  earthquake  that  hit Russia's Sakhalin  Island  has left about 600 homeless and 15 buildings have been "declared  unfit to house people until they are repaired," the Emergency Situations Ministry said on Thursday.   

  All  the homeless families have been taken....</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T18:16+0200</pubDate><source>interfax-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>interfax-en-84f641a671607066c113f96d78671cb7</guid></item><item><title>Sakhalin quake leaves 600 families homeless - ministry</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/interfax-en/070802/interfax-en-c784f5c20a4ffb97a7c4f13b37ba84ea.html</link><description>MOSCOW.  Aug  2  (Interfax)  -  The  earthquake  that  hit Russia's Sakhalin  Island  has left about 600 homeless and 15 buildings have been "declared  unfit  until  they  are  repaired,"  the Emergency Situations Ministry said on Thursday.   

  All  the homeless families have been taken up by....</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T18:06+0200</pubDate><source>interfax-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>interfax-en-c784f5c20a4ffb97a7c4f13b37ba84ea</guid></item><item><title>Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Sakhalin in Russia</title><link>http://www.bbj.hu/news/news_29589.html</link><description>An earthquake measuring 5.8 degrees on the Richter scale rocked Sakhalin, Russia at 0244 GMT Thursday.</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T16:57+0200</pubDate><source>BBJ</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>BBJ-48069c94e7647345371b661410d9ed24</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Earthquake on Sakhalin kills two, causes minor tsunami in Japan - 1</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070802/70175744.html</link><description>YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Two people were killed when an earthquake hit the southern half of Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East midday Thursday, a local emergencies ministry spokesman said.</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T16:18+0200</pubDate><source>rian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>rian-bc05c56663dfcd531ade23861a621a8e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Earthquake on Sakhalin kills one, causes minor tsunami in Japan - 1</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070802/70175744.html</link><description>(Recasts paragraph 4, adds paragraph 5) YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - A 23-year-old woman was killed when an earthquake hit the southern half of Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East midday Thursday, a local emergencies ministry spokesman said.</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T13:16+0200</pubDate><source>rian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>rian-0117be7814a94c6a630157b3b9c85de1</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Earthquake hits small Russian town, killing 1</title><link>http://www.kyivpost.com/bn/27095</link><description>News Briefs Earthquake hits small Russian town, killing 1 Aug 02 2007, 12:08 MOSCOW (AP) - A strong quake hit near Sakhalin island in Russia's Far East on August 2, reportedly killing a Russian woman and generating small tsunami waves that hit northern Japan. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T11:38+0200</pubDate><source>kyivpost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>kyivpost-43cb08350181f05bfa26b9d1ebc9e65b</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Sakhalin in Russia</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6230300.html</link><description>An earthquake measuring 5.8 degrees on the Richter scale rocked Sakhalin, Russia at 0244 GMT Thursday. According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the epicenter was initially determined to be 47.0 north and 141.7 east, about 77 km west of J ...</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T10:19+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-3480cbd1de2634d7b2aadd15d8b95a6f</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake in Russia's Far East kills two</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0270016.htm</link><description>(Updates with two dead, quotes, details) By Ajay Kamalakaran YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A series of three earthquakes killed two people on Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin on Thursday, the Russian emergencies ministry said. Japan's Meteorological Agency registered the first earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T09:35+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-0d26edaa7d58dacbc232cd258581e2ac</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Sakhalin earthquake did not create tsunami threat - service</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/interfax-en/070802/interfax-en-1980d83b735836cd9ceb8f178bf8cb25.html</link><description>YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK.  Aug  2  (Interfax)  - An earthquake that struck Sakhalin  on  Thursday  did  not  create a tsunami threat for Sakhalin's western seacoast or Russia's mainland.   

  An  earthquake  measuring 6.8 points on the Richter scale struck at 1:37 p.m.  local  time  on Thursday near Nevelsk in Sakhalin.</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T09:06+0200</pubDate><source>interfax-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>interfax-en-1980d83b735836cd9ceb8f178bf8cb25</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake in Russia's Far East kills one - report</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02673354.htm</link><description>MOSCOW, Aug 2 (Reuters) - An earthquake killed one person on Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin on Thursday, the Russian Interfax news agency reported, quoting a local official. 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 Japan's Meteorological Agency registered an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 off Sakhalin.</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T07:34+0200</pubDate><source>reuters-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-en-c77664c7d76af8c3f23be54ba41fad7e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Japan issues tsunami warning</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22177219-23109,00.html</link><description>A TSUNAMI warning was issued for the western coast of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia's Sakhalin island, NHK public television said today. 3:04pm (AEST)</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T07:32+0200</pubDate><source>NEWScomAU</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NEWScomAU-5caa4fa514cc1ab41a9f799a52a163ad</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami warning issued for Japan's Hokkaido - NHK</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TKE002815.htm</link><description>TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for the western coast of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia's Sakhalin island, NHK public television said on Thursday. A 20 cm tsunami had been recorded in one area, NHK said, but it warned that....</description><pubDate>2007-08-02T07:05+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-644783ba0273eca3390e7d17634675cc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami warning issued for Japan's Hokkaido - NHK</title><link>http://139.191.254.108/Wires/reuters-en/070802/reuters-en-5c73590c47bcf04bd75f73548f1ce87d.html</link><description>TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for the western coast of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia's Sakhalin island, NHK public television said on Thursday.   

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